Allen Cohen’s Expertise and Background:
Look for Allen Cohen’s book Insect Diets: Science and Technology, published by CRC Press. Not a book of diet “recipes” this book is the first to bring together disparate areas of insect diets and food science, processing technology and insect nutrition, insect and feeding biology and diet development, quality control, insectary problem solving, and bioassay techniques.
Patents and Awards:
5 Patents on Insect Diets and Diet Related Inventions with 6th patent pending for Bee Diet.
Awarded the Prestigious Federal Laboratories Consortium Award 2001.
Agriculture Research Service Technology Transfer Award 2000.
Numerous CRADAs and Grants.
Basic and Applied Research:
Supervised two different mass-rearing facilities.
Decades of experience with diets for and rearing of dozens of different species.
Advising and consultation for federal, state, and private rearing
facilities for dozens of species of parasitoids, predators, and pests.
Over 150 publications.